EXERCISE 1: Use the words in brackets to complete the sentences. Use much/ a bit … etc.+ a comparative.
Her illness was …………………. We thought at first (much/serious)
This bag is too small. I need something ………………. (much/big)
I’m afraid the problem is ……………….. it seems.(much/complicated)
You looked depressed this morning but you look ……….. now(a bit/happy)
I thought she was younger than me but in fact she’s ……….(slightly/old)
EXERCISE 2: Complete the sentences using an/no + a comparative
I’m fed up with waiting. I’m not waiting…………….. (long)
This shop isn’t expensive. The prices are ……………. Anywhere else(cheap)
The traffic isn’t particularly bad today. It’s ……………… usual (bad)
EXERCISE 3: Complete the sentences using “Double” Comparatives
It’s becoming ……………….. to find a job (hard)
The hole in your pullover is getting ………….. (big)
My bags seemed to get ……………. As I carried them (heavy)
As I waited for my interview, I became …………….. (nervous)
As the day went on the weather got …………. (bad)
Travelling is becoming …………….. (expensive)
As the conversation went on, he became …………… (talkative)
Since she has been in England, her English has got …..(good)
EXERCISE 4: Finish these sentences using a comparative structure
1. I like warm weather. The warmer the weather, ………….. (good/ feel)
2. It’s hard to concentrate when you are tired. The more tired you are ………. (hard/concentrate)
3. She had to wait a very long time. The longer she waited,………….. (impatient/become)
EXERCISE 5: Match the two halves containing the structure “the ……the……”
the earlier we leave the longer he waited the more I got to know him the more you practise your English the longer the phone call the more goods you sell | the faster you’ll learn the more you have to pay the sooner we’ll arrive the more profit you’ll make the more impatient he became the more I liked him |
II. Complete the sentences by using double comparative:
1. It becomes .....harder.....to find a job ( hard)
2. That hold in your pullover is getting ....bigger..( big)
3. As I waited for my interview, I became ......more nervous.......( nervous)
4. As the day went on, the weather got ........worse........( bad)
5. As the conversation went on, he become ......more talkative.....(talktive)
6. This subject gets ....harder......(hard) all the time
7. I'm just getting ...more confused.....(confused)
8. It's becoming .......more difficult.......( difficult) for me to keep up
9. The textbook just gets ....more complicated....( complicated)
10. My list of things to do gets ...longer.....( long)
11. My problems are just getting ....worse....(bad)
1 harder and harder
2 bigger and bigger
3 more and more nervous
4 worse and worse
5 more and more talkative
6 harder and harder
7 more and more confused
8 more and more difficult
9 more and more complicated
10 longer and longer
11 worse and worse